Method and apparatus for the accurate reproduction of paintings, drawings, or prints of all kinds with colored elements of any description



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A alcaan filed December 9, 1921. Serial No. 521,247.

Toall wi om may concern:

ofgthe King of Italy, and 'esident of .Tivoli, Italy, h as inventedcertaln new and useful methods. and apparatus for the accurate-reproduction of paintings .drawings, on prints. of all kinds with colored elements of any descriptio nof which the following is a clear p ific t on The obj ect of the present invention provide a method for the .accurate-repror duction,of,paintings, drawings, prints and r the like, not only :by: gr phic means but also by embroidery andthe lik The process for, the reproduction. of. a given original consists in. the originaldraw- .P CUlIQ be. reproduced being cut up inton anynarrow strips,.each strip thus;

containing a seriesrof small patchesof different'c'olors or tones which can be reprodtuged; without, difliculty ,.even by. nonprofessional people on paper, linen,.stufi's. or

the like by drawing, painting or embroidery. Thestrjpsf are united together end to end to form one long strip which can be wound on convenient spools or reels. The paper or linen on which the reproduction is to be made is also mounted on rollers and placed behind the strip. The latter can be wound in a longitudinal direction on its rollers across the face of the reproduction sheet which itself can be moved in a direction at a right angle to the movement of the strip. When all the small patches of different colors on a section of the strip have been reproduced, the strip is made to advance so that the operator can reproduce the color patches of the following section, the reproduction sheet being also moved a suitable distance. The operation is repeated till the whole length of the strip has been reproduced.

The invention is more particularly described with references to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of a vertical frame for reproducing according to this improved method.

Figure 2 is a view of the frame from the back.

Figure 3 is a vertical section on line A A of Figure 1. I

Figure at shows a detail of the central part of the apparatus serving as a guide for the is tov WITH; GQLOBED E EMENTS OI ANY DE- 4 I surfa.ce:upon which the reproduction is to Be. it known that lsmofroororri, a sub ect be made and. for the strip 7 cFigureafiuis a 1 particularin larger scale oftheccentra l parts of guiding organs for the material intw-orlc. 1 i 1 Figure .6. shows in plan an apparatus to befwdisposed horizontally on any table or deskixa- .1; l

Figure 7 is a side view of Fig. 6. Figure 8 shows a modification of the invention..=,.;.: l i. Figure 9. is a cross section.

Referring; toithedrawings, a are the; up rlghtsz ofthe-frame; Z) the adjustable rollers for thepaper or other material upon which thereproductionismade; c isthe base, 6 are the pulleys moving the rollers Z), 7 are the guidingrollersfor the colored strip C containing theelementsin-which the'picture to be reproduced has been cut. Said rollers are fitted with screws so; that they can be raised and lowered slightly; 9 arethe windingiup. and unwindingspools for a comparing controlling strip Bw-containi'ng in larger scale the colors dotted on the strip containing the picture to assist the operator in choosing the right colors, h are the fixed guides for the colored strip C and are made, for instance, of small 2 irons screwed onto a ruler Z whichhas a metal ruler 2' placed above it. This ruler Z forms the guide member for the colored strip. In case the reproduction should be in embroidery, the ruler i is provided with means such as teeth on its edges to allow the insertion of the needle. m are the brackets for supporting the part Z, n are controlling rings on the rollers b to bear against the edges of and thereby guide the material upon which the reproduction is made; 0 is a Wheel for the control of the movement of the upper roller ated upright part may contact with the material being worked upon; q are the nuts controlling the pressure upon the rollers.

In Figures 8 and 9 the working table 1" moves in grooves provided on the frame by means of toothed racks fixed on the table; said racks are controlled by toothed .pinions t actuated through the knobs u on a single shaft 0 the movement to the reels 7 is im parted through a suitable gearing 2 controlled by the knobs w.

The apparatus works in the following way: 7

l/Vhen the colored strip representing the subjects to reproduce has been obtained, it is wound up on one of the reels 9, passed through the guide It and fixed at one of the reels, afterwards the material is smoothed and made tight on the rollers 6 taking care that the'material passesthrough parts 2' and Z in the case illustrated in Figure 1; then the first section of the strip is brought in correspondence with the material and reproduced by any suitable means at will'such as, oil colors, water colors pastels or woven threads; when this operation is finished. the material is displaced by means of-the handwheel 0 to an extent corresponding to the width of the strip, which is at the same time also moved the corresponding amount and the operation is repeated until the whole strip is finished.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 6 and 7 the parts of the apparatus are similar to the parts described in connection with Figures 1 and 2, except for the rotatable member A, which is provided for matching tints, the tints of the colors used being displayed round the edge and the number of the receptacles for paint being placed beneath them. I When the part A is turned until the tint on its edge matches the tint on the strip the correct paint receptacle can easily be obtained by number.

.The strips containing a series of very small patches of different colors or tones may be replaced by a series of strips of wood or cardboard. These are laid on the ruler andfrom them the original is reproduced on a sheet of paper or the like exactly as with a strip.

Having now particularly described and as certained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same, is to be per.-

formed, I declare that what I claim is The method of reproducing a picture, drawnig or the like, consisting in cutting the original or pattern in narrow strips each containing a series of small patches of the pattern; arranging said patch strips together end to end to form a long strip in the san'ie order as that in which they were cut, arranging a portion of such long strip across a fabric on which the copy is to be made; reproducing on the-copy fabric the patches displayed by suchportion of the patch strip, moving such copy fabric in a direction at an angle to said patch strip and a distance corresponding to the width of the latter, arranging the next consecutive portion of such patch strip across said copy fabric, reproducing the patches of such con secutive portion of the strip on the copy IGINO PICGIONI, 

